Add Spark to Your Style: Shoes as a Statement Accessory

Shoes can make the outfit

Sometimes, when you see someone on the street who looks exceptionally good, it may not be immediately apparent why that is.  Let’s say she’s wearing a blouse and jeans or black pants.  They are neat and clean, the blouse is a nice color, a simple necklace is added.  So what is special about this picture?

The shoes make it more.  They are not ordinary shoes. They are trendy, open toe, buckled, heeled ankle boots. What makes this particular outfit even better is that the color black flows from the pants to the boots, streamlining the length of her legs, making them look longer. Continue Reading

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12 Ways to Wear Over-the-Knee Boots

When it’s cold outside, one way to stay warm is by wearing over-the-knee boots.  Besides covering your legs with short dresses and skirts, they also add a layer of warmth over leggings or skinny pants and even under maxi skirts and dresses.  So age doesn’t matter.  Any woman can enjoy them and keep her look up-to-date.

I have a pair of flat, tan, over-the-knee (OTK) boots like these:

Women’s Beston Fay 42 @ ShoeBuy.com

These boots are casual and go well with skinny cords or destroyed skinny jeans or light-colored skinny jeans, as well as with plaid shirts.  Other casual OTK boots are those that have flat or low heels and those that are made of suede.

Black  and heeled OTK boots are more common.  They tend to be considered sexy, but there are ways to wear them that make them perfectly acceptable.

No matter what kind you may have, OTK boots are great for covering your legs for warmth and modesty when wearing a short dress or skirt.  They serve the same purpose over leggings or skinnies and an oversize top or tunic.

Michelle Obama wearing over-the-knee boots

OTK boots go with:  tea-length, 70’s inspired dresses; sweater dresses; short skirts or dresses; long skirts or dresses with a slit; culottes or cropped pants/jeans; skinnies and an over-sized chunky knit sweater, including open knits; leggings and a tunic or over-sized top; with a kimono jacket and skinnies/leggings; or even with shorts.

OTK boots are good for transitional weather in spring and fall as well. One example would be to wear a short dress or skirt with a slouchy cardigan or jacket with your OTK boots.

Here are some outfit combinations to give you some ideas on how to wear OTK boots: Continue Reading

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Snow Boots: Not just for shoveling snow

What a perfect day for an outfit with snow boots!  It’s the first day that it really snowed here.

I bought my rubber toggle boots for shoveling snow.  I chose a mid-height so that snow wouldn’t get inside my boots if the accumulation was high, as in recent years.

But the ones I found are so beautiful that I want to be able to wear them at other times as well.  So here are some ways that you can wear them on weekends and around town. Continue Reading

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